KAMEN HOUSE MINI GUIDE Westburn Townhouses
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LOCAL KAMEN HOUSE MINI GUIDE Westburn Townhouses Enjoy your stay in London in the comfort of a four-bedroom house at Westburn. They are just five minutes away from Kilburn High Road, which is known for its numerous local cafes, pubs, shops and market. This location is ideal and many of the top places to visit such as Oxford Street and Camden Market can be reached by buses a few minutes walk from here. CONTENTS Useful Places .. ........................................................3 Shopping ............................................................... 6 Banks Supermarkets Post Office Retail Police Station Health & Fitness .................................................... 7 More Useful Places .............................................. 4 Gym Libraries Spa Places of worship Entertainment ...................................................... 8 Medical Services .................................................... 5 Cinema GP Dentist Transport Links ..................................................... 9 Hospitals Buses Walk-In Centres Trains Pharmacy Useful Places 3 Banks Police Station Halifax Holborn Unit 3 Mid City Place 58-71 High Holborn 10 Lamb’s Conduit St, London WC1N 3NR Place, WC1V 6EA http://content.met.police.uk/PoliceStation/ http://www.halifax.co.uk/ holborn HSBC Bank plc Which number do I dial? 31 Holborn, London EC1N 2HR 999—Police, Ambulance, Fire Brigade https://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/ 101—for non-emergency calls Santander 10 a Leather Lane, London EC1N 7YH http://www.santander.co.uk/uk/index Post Offices Kilburn Post Office 39 - 41 Farringdon Rd, London EC1M 3JB http://www.postoffice.co.uk/ More Useful Places 4 Libraries Places of Worship We can issue you with a library letter which Kings Cross Mosque and Islamic cultural will allow you access into public libraries. centre Closest library to Monticello House (our Sandfield, 8 Cromer St, London WC1H 8DU Study Centre) is Holborn Library 32-38 Theobalds, Road London WC1X 8PA Sandys Row Synagogue 4a Sandy’s Row, London E1 7HW We have a full list of libraries should you require another location. St Peter’s Italian Church Please visit: 136 Clerkenwell Rd, London EC1R 5DL http://services.angloeducational.com/ libraries-in-camden or http://services.angloeducational.com/ libraries-in-westminster We can also get you a student pass for Birkbeck, University of London • The library is open every day from 8.30 to 23.45 during term time • 3 week loans and 1 week loans are borrowable, 1 day loan, periodicals and reference books are not borrowable. • There will be a maximum of five items on loan at any one time. • There will be access to photocopiers. • There will be no access to PCs in the Library or WiFi. Medical Services 5 General Practioner (GP) a walk-in, urgent care centre or accident and emercency. These centres can treat Clerkenwell Medical Practice most injuries such as sprains, strains, broken Pine Street, Finsbury Health Centre, EC1R bones, minor burns/scalds, minor head/eye 0LP injuries, bites or stings. You do not need to http://www.clerkenwellmedicalpractice. book an appointment. org.uk/ Pharmacy Gray’s Inn Medical Practice 77 Grays Inn Road, WC1X 8TT Boots Pharmacy http://www.graysinnmedical.co.uk 25-27 Farringdon Rd, London EC1M 3HA Dentist http://www.boots.com/ Conduit Dental Practice 41 Lambs Conduit Street, Holborn , London, WC1N 3NG Barbican Orthodontic Clinic 84-85 Long Lane, EC1A 9ET Hospital UCLH 235 Euston Rd, Fitzrovia, London NW1 2BU UCLH also has an accident and emergency unit. If you are unwell and cannot wait for an appointment with your GP you can visit Shopping & Retail 6 Supermarkets Oxford Street Marks & Spencer Many buses from Farringdon will take you to Heron House, 323-324 High Holborn, WC1V the famous Oxford Street with all the high 7PD street stores and restaurants you could need. http://www.marksandspencer.com/ The architecture is also something to pay Tesco Express attention to. 43-45 Farringdon Rd, London EC1M 3JB http://www.tesco.com/ Waitrose 174 St John St, London EC1V 4DE http://www.waitrose.com/ Dry Cleaners Gray’s Inn Dry Cleaners 50 Gray’s Inn Rd, London WC1X 8LS Lal Dry Cleaners 46 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8EX Beauty & Fitness 7 Beauty Gyms Kelvie & Brown Hairdressing Gymbox 69 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1AF 20, Farringdon Road, Cowcross St, London http://www.kelvie-brown-hairdressers.co.uk/ EC1M 3AP http://gymbox.com/gyms/farringdon Salon House 42 Grays Inn Road, WC1X 8LR Soho Gyms http://www.salonhouse.co.uk/ 122 Clerkenwell Rd, London EC1R 5DL http://www.sohogyms.com/index. php?page=farringdon Entertainment 8 Arcade Cinemas Namco Funscape Barbican Cinema 1 Riverside Buildings, Westminster Bridge Rd, 2, Barbican Centre, Silk St, EC2Y 8DS London SE1 7PB http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/new- http://www.namcofunscape-londonevents. cinemas co.uk/venue/location// Odeon Marble Arch Bowling 10 Edgware Road, London, W2 2EN http://www.odeon.co.uk/ All Star Lanes Victoria House, Bloomsbury Pl, WC1B 4DA Museums http://www.allstarlanes.co.uk/venues/ Charles Dickens Museum holborn/ 48 Doughty St, London WC1N 2LX http://dickensmuseum.com/ Transport Links 9 The closest station to your apartments Underground is Farringdon. If you exit your apartment Farringdon building, turn left and walk down to Circle / Hammersmith & City / Metropolitan Chancery Lane, you will have more options for buses Main Railway Stations Bus from Farringdon Station Farringdon 63 to Forest Hill Euston Blackfriars / Southwark / Elephant & Castle / St Pancras International Old Kent Road / Peckham Buses from Chancery Lane 8 to Tottenham Court Road Holborn / Chancery Lane / New Oxford Street 25 to Hainault Chancery Lane / Holborn/ Bank / Mile End / Bow Church / Stratford Travel Tip! 242 to Homerton Hospital Cash is no longer accepted on London St Pauls / Liverpool Street / Shoreditch / buses so make sure you have a valid Hackney / Homerton Hospital travel card or Oyster Save the link below to your smart phone to see live bus arrivals http://m.countdown.tfl.gov.uk/.